Then, under the spell of that influence which he had never yet been able to resist, he added to the slaves: "Take him aside.

I will think upon it.

But he shall die at sunrise ere the army goes.

Shall not justice be the gift of Kaid for an example and a warning?
Take him away a little.

I will decide." As Achmet and the slaves disappeared into a dark corner of the court-yard, Kaid rose to his feet, and, upon the hint, his guests, murmuring praises of his justice and his mercy and his wisdom, slowly melted from the court-yard; but once outside they hastened to proclaim in the four quarters of Cairo how yet again the English Pasha had picked from the Tree of Life an apple of fortune.
The court-yard was now empty, save for the servants of the Prince, David and Mahommed, and two officers in whom David had advised Kaid to put trust.